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This situation reminds me a lot of something that happened about a year ago. It dragged on for months, with lots of moans and groans from the prolific article creator about how we were all so unkind in deleting his articles when we could have fixed them for him. When he'd irritated enough people, that contributor was eventually banned from creating any new articles. Deb (talk) 19:47, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply] |
Can you PLEASE stop this ridicioulous quest against the Dutch Hacker scene? Deleting pages about our hackerspaces and events. Its like a holy war and it is draining us. You're waging war against a whole community. Why? You're literally destroying our cultural heritage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1C00:1611:BC00:3DB4:E81:9710:FFB0 (talk) 12:19, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed! I second this motion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flok (talk • contribs) 12:22, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for your comments on the Wikipedia page “The Ivy Hotel”. I originally created this page on Aug. 1, 2015. My primary reason for creating this page was my interest in adaptive reuse projects, of which I considered this to be an interesting example when I learned about the project. I neither work for, nor have any connection with, the Ivy Hotel.
Concerning the issues that “… the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement.: This page appears to be a direct copy from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150624025437/http://www.theivybaltimore.com/about-the-ivy/history-of-the-ivy/ and https://www.theivybaltimore.com/history/…”
I initially researched the history of the buildings that now comprise the Ivy Hotel. I tried to establish the narrative by using a range of sources, including those derived from the Ivy Hotel website at that time. I did try to extensively footnote with each source, including the Ivy Hotel. When I created and further contributed to this page, I developed multiple versions of various sections, and perhaps my final submission didn’t include a proper rewording of the passages, which are of specific concern.
According to the “View history” there have been contributions made by other Wikipedia editors since I initially created the page. These include some important technical additions to the page, such as the addition of a photograph, as well as some other standard technical geographic Wikipedia information.
I would certainly be interested in further researching and revising the particular sections of concern, to bring them in line with Wikipedia Copyright Policy. I hope that this page may continue to be maintained, and that other interested persons may ultimately make further contributions concerning this important subject relating to Baltimore, Maryland.
Thank you.
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Archivist Robert (talk) 04:16, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The Ivy Hotel[edit] I learned of this adaptive reuse project in the media when the Ivy Hotel opened in June 2015. I have no other connection with the subject of this article. Archivist Robert (talk) 16:12, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Graywalls, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre Managed by Hilton, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. creffett (talk) 17:44, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls. I added an image on the Raratonga page that I marked as minor but as you brought it to my attention it was not a minor edit. I have since reuploaded the image captioned Te Rua Manga (The Needle) lookout but did not mark it as a minor edit this time. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Georgia mann (talk) 02:20, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls, I am writing in response to your message that said: "Hi, I'm one of the contributor to the articles." I'm not the director, that is Mary Sherman; I am an unpaid volunteer board member. We didn't use PR firm, it was an author who is now banned from Wikipedia. Thank you for your help! Eventually we will figure this out, I hope. Srcohen614 (talk) 23:18, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Graywalls - you are indeed right that one (or more?) of my minor edits likely didn't fit the criteria, my mistake! I made three minor edits that were pretty much adding a full stop and spacing (just publishing what I wrote then tweaking spacing as a separate edit once I know how it looks), then must've ticked the box on autopilot when I added the dose info for the nasal spray. Anyway if I'm right that it was dose info for either the nasal spray or for cesaerian section in the medical use section for heroin so feel free to critically review that section and I won't take it personally if you change any of it (actually this is my general policy, change and nitpick all you want, but tell me if you want to take it all out). Actually I was wondering if adding dose info is beyond the scope of a wiki on a medication? I know the Equianalgesic#Opioid_equivalency_table table has a lot of specific dosing info for opioids, and some specific opioids have dose info in their wikis. Since diamorphine is a fairly big article I felt that I had some info to add that was already present in the existing citations but wasn't quoted in the text, but perhaps adding more info doesn't help an article per se? Lmk on my page or drop by if you want to discuss it further. (BOBBOBLEYBOBSON (talk) 11:42, 3 July 2020 (UTC))[reply]
Thank you for your explanation of minor edits. Many of my edits are adding books to bibliographies, and I wouldn't think that they would be subject to dispute. But, since you cite one of my edits that added a a book as not a minor edit, I will no longer check "This is a minor edit" for them. Maurice Magnus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maurice Magnus (talk • contribs)
You claim on my talk page that I made a "third revert". This is not accurate. First you made a significant cleanup of the page, after that I restored the Hackaday.io part. After that, you removed it again, in my opinion not following WP:DUE correctly. Then I added it only a second time.
In case you're including the revert of the COI template, that has been discussed on the talk page and should not be included.
I'd like to resolve any problems now. What's the exact policy listed in WP:DUE that makes you remove that part? This isn't at all like a "minority viewpoint", it's a significant part in the history of the website. Dwaro (talk) 20:35, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
FYI. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 06:02, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I see that in this edit you marked AGRMEditor (talk · contribs) as having been banned. I can'f find a record of that - he had a username block, but I find no record of a ban. Am I missing something? If not, you should probably correct the tag that you added. --Nat Gertler (talk) 21:45, 23 June 2020 (UTC) @NatGertler:, that is part of the pre-formed template. There's no different settings for it. Graywalls (talk) 21:49, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The Blondin award of good balance | |
You have been presented with the exclusive Blondin Award because you kept your cool so well when a promotional editor flung a lot of crap at you recently. The image represents the amazing Charles Blondin carrying Jimbo Wales safely across the Niagara Falls. Bishonen | tålk. 17:59, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply] |
Hi! I replied over at COIN regarding Dudva's images. Long story short: two of three example image changes I looked at looked like improvements to me. I don't think they are up to anything nefarious. If anything I think they show a photographer's sort of nerdy interest in better image chrominance and luminance levels. It is very complex to analyze and discuss image COI. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 03:03, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In your edit of St. Louis Southwestern Railway you've either made up the term "Cotton Belt System" or transferred that over from a bad source. That term never existed. --SSW9389 (talk) 07:19, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Graywalls, I'm out of there. It's the same thing every time this comes up. We have an editor who flagrantly goes aginst the consensus against NOT writing about one's own family, and is enabled by editors who don't properly fact-check him. And whenever I point that out, I'm supposedly the bad guy. I've had enough of being disparaged like that. Vexations (talk) 19:01, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Please refrain from deleting neutrally worded, reliably sourced, relevant material from Wikipedia articles, as you did here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killings_of_Aaron_Danielson_and_Michael_Reinoehl&oldid=prev&diff=977828599 Thank you for your cooperation! Ghostofnemo (talk) 02:02, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Appreciate any help possible at project merge. Merging articles can be fun, but they're a slight bit complicated, so I went ahead and finished the process you started at Compassion & Choices and its talk page for you. If you want, check out User:GenQuest/Merge for a step by step help guide so none of the many steps get missed. Feel free to ask me for clarification on anything, merges included, if needed. Again, Graywalls, thanks and happy editing! Regards, GenQuest "Talk to Me" 06:24, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
why did you blank Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey instead of AfDing it or PROD? {} 08:48, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In over 8 years, you are the first Editor to provide any sort of helpful welcome and I thank you for that. Since you are listening, I want to make a comment, the sort that you probably read all the time. I edit Wikipedia maybe once or twice a year and not because I want to be an editor. I did the editing on the article because it was in such deathly poor condition. The reason that I only edit the article once or twice a year is that one session of editing seems to cause a storm of nationalism and attract a war-like stink that attracts everyone to the article. So, it took me 8 years to SLOWLY make the article bearable even though it is fraught with non-compliancy. Sometimes it was fun editing because I could add good things to other articles where my additions were welcome and didn't start a "holy war". I don't know how anyone is able to stomach such daily Wikipedia Wars... however, I do understand a bit because my only motivation is that EVERY Wikipedia-scrapping site in the world will parrot any INCORRECT information contained therein and people all over the world will believe it to be so when it's not. I'm not long for this world, so people knowing the truth is not as important to me as it used to be. They say truth is like poetry... everyone hates it. What is more interesting to me is the geometry of truth and lies. The truth being the Y axis and the lie being the X axis. All truth and lies are able to be charted on a spherical cartesian coordinate system. Anyway, thank you for your kind welcome message. I might decide to let the article go and let the world fight over the truth, lies and compliancy of it all, without me. (Mini4WD (talk) 14:53, 25 September 2020 (UTC))[reply]
Hello, this is Yuuyatails.
I noticed that you had cleaned up the Mini 4WD article. That article was filled with a lot of unreliable sources and false information prior to the clean-up. The reason why it hasn't been clean-up is that the Mini4WD guy had shown some hostile attitude toward other contributors who tries to clean-up the article or tries to talk him out.
I want to say, thank you. Yuuyatails (talk) 06:29, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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U.S. articles use WP:USCITIES, where the "notable people" criteria is different. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:56, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi I just noticed your edit summaryatDutch squatting ban, which is a weird coincidence because I also edited several hours ago to add the 2020 events. The summary was as follows debris removal. see WP:RSP about the use of the disreputable source Indymedia. Also removing squat.net self published clutter, as well as n-1.cc stuff.
. First off and as previously mentioned, I don't find terms like debris, disreputable, clutter helpful, it just seems to foster a battleground atmosphere. Secondly and more importantly, where is the RSP consensus on Indymedia? Because I am not seeing it and I dn't think there is one. With self-published sources, I would argue that context is everything. I'll take a look at the edit in more detail now. Mujinga (talk) 14:57, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The Independent Media Center is an open publishing network. Editors express low confidence in Indymedia's reputation for fact-checking, and consider Indymedia a self-published source.』about halfway down WP:RSP. Graywalls (talk) 18:19, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls,
I saw your work on articles related to anarchism and wanted to say hello, as I work in the topic area too. If you haven't already, you might want to watch our noticeboard for Wikipedia's coverage of anarchism, which is a great place to ask questions, collaborate, discuss style/structure precedent, and stay informed about content related to anarchism. Take a look for yourself!
And if you're looking for other juicy places to edit, consider expanding a stub, adopting a cleanup category, or participating in one of our current formal discussions.
Feel free to say hi on my talk page and let me know if these links were helpful (or at least interesting). Hope to see you around. czar 07:26, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You deleted text ref'd by this. It looks to me like a legit source. Please explain. --Cornellier (talk) 12:27, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I share your concern about promotional materials getting into wikipedia, and appreciate the time you take to identify and remove such materials.
I use ceramic tweezers for working on tiny electronic parts. Ceramic tweezers are hard, precise, non-conductive, and don't wear. I have been using ceramic tweezers long before there was any such thing as vaping.
After breaking a few tweezers, I began to look for replacements. Many of the vendors stated that their product was suitable for RDA, RDB, or similar. For example: [1]. I did not know what RDA or RDB might stand for, but I wanted to learn.
I spent several hours searching for the meaning of these acronyms, until I came upon the Construction of electronic cigarettes article in wikipedia, where they were defined. I thought I would save other readers the same frustration, by adding the initialisms to disambiguation pages. Had theses initialisms originally been on disambiguation pages, I would found them immediately.
Despite my personal preference not to use chemicals for recreational purposes, I think wikipedia readers deserved to know what the initialisms mean. I have reviewed the MOS:DAB page, the initialisms I entered seem to meet the all the requirements. Perhaps you have more experience in this area, and you can tell me where else to look. I am always trying to learn more about wikipedia policies.
Thanks for your work to improve wikipedia. Comfr (talk) 22:24, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi@Graywalls:! Recently I've been working on the draft of a biography and I think it's ready to be moved to the principal article, but it don't seems well to me to do it myself, so I requested someone else to do the job. I saw that you have contributed with some biographies, would you mind to give a look to the draft in which I've been working? Yo can foun it here: Draft:Leo_J._Trese. Thanks in advance! Clementeste(Talk) 16:28, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls! You edited the HGO article lead to read "its objectives are educate the public education in the art and science of music,...." Could I ask you to adjust that to, say "to advance public education in the art and science of muisc...", so as to be gramatically correct and to avoid replication of 'education'.? Thanks, --Smerus (talk) 08:35, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Why are railfans unreliable sources?? --100.6.117.196 (talk) 00:37, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls. I put together a response to your query on my requested edit on Concord Law School. Would you take a look and revise? The edit to Concord's accreditation status made by user TJRC, which is currently live, is incorrect and misleading. Please review the source material I provide in my reply on the Talk page. Thanks. Ewqwdqemdh (talk) 16:32, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls, I just noticed an edit you made in the last few hours is confusing. This change appears to contain a typo: "disbursed $19.08 million in 2018 and $17.05 in $17.05 to distributor members". Would you mind clarifying or correcting? Thanks, —EncMstr (talk) 18:36, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, how do you feel about helping tackle the issues with Fifth Column (band)? The entire article is almost completely unsourced and like G. B. Jones, there appears to be COI in connection with User:Intheshadows and their recent IPs. On the COI issue, digging through the histories of all the articles connected with this user, there are IP edits in a similar pattern going back to 2004-2005. I'm also unsure as to whether the other two band members, Caroline Azar and Beverly Breckenridge, meet notability requirements. Possibly the former, but the latter seems doubtful. Mansheimer (talk) 14:37, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The diesel shop is reliable as it is souced from GE rosters so stop removing it, as well as Utah Rails no it is not fan cruft it's about trains why shouldn't it be there because the people going to the article are expecting trains and the utah rails site the man who made it worked with the Union Pacific Historical Society so stop removing it also stop deleting all the railfan stuff i see you think that you found a gold mine of fancruft but it is not it is information so stop with the crusade against railfan "fancruft" --108.17.71.32 (talk) 23:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you added {Undisclosed paid} tag for User:Achagerty on the page Ellerbe Becket. Was just wondering how you found out.Eccekevin (talk) 17:45, 29 January 2021 (UTC) @Eccekevin:, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Undisclosed_paid , these templates can be placed when article appears to have been UPE. The edit history of that user is quite indicative of UPE. Graywalls (talk) 21:35, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I don't understand why you deleted my edit to "List of books about anarchism." I also don't understand Wiki-speak. For reference:
Revision as of 15:03, 3 February 2021 (edit) NorsemanII (talk | contribs) (Reverting edit by User:Graywalls - links to the full text are useful, do not repeat this edit without discussion on talk page. Reverted edit by User:Eliswinterabend, unable to find an appropriate reference regarding your addition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eliswinterabend (talk • contribs) 16:31, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! David here with Archer-Daniels-Midland Company. You've helped me with several requests at Talk:ADM (company) to update basic product information. There are currently two outstanding requests:
For the vanilla request, you'll see I've shared additional sources as you requested. Do you have a moment to take another look and update the article? Thanks again! ADM DavidW (talk) 22:08, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls -- I've declined the above as educational institutions are exempt from A7. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 02:37, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
hi Graywalls. I undid your close of the discussion at COIN. You are very involved it that one. Wait for someone else to close it. Possibly (talk) 16:15, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Are these ones acceptable? If not please feel free to remove them from the article- [3][4][5]Hoponpop69 (talk) 22:47, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Graywalls, about your possible undisclosed paid tag on the Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine page, I wish to clarify that I was not paid when employed by Mr. Nechvatal between the years 2008-2011 for my Wikipedia work on that moribund non-profit project, or on any other Wikipedia pages. Though co-founded by Mr. Nechvatal, Tellus was (and remains) a Harvestworks non-profit project. Since 2008, I have chosen to volunteer my time and expertise in the period of the 1980s New York art/music world for free for Wikipedia after engaging with that historical period when preparing the Nechvatal archive that was donated for free to The Fales Library Special Collections [[6]]. I left that activity ten years ago. Perhaps this past experience may mean I am a connected contributor concerning the Tellus page. I don't know. If so, I will stay away from it. But I remain an objective and active unpaid volunteer for Wikipedia in that period of art/music history. I believe my 13 year extensive editing record here displays that. Would you please remove the tag. Valueyou (talk) 10:15, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls!
I understand your concerns and I responded on the COI notice board. Feel free to ask me any questions directly.
OceanicFeeling123 (talk) 19:37, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! In case you didn't see it, User_talk:Seraphimblade#Move_"The_Lab_(organization)"_to_draft_space? may be of interest - I asked for draft-ification of an article you tagged for speedy deletion, because there are substantial secondary sources available and also at least one person interested in improving the article (me), and it's now back in action as an article. I encourage caution with tagging articles about long-running community non-profit organizations as spam, instead using prod or even AfD. Thank you. Dreamyshade (talk) 22:52, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Graywalls! Thanks for the message regarding the specificity of a 'minor edit'. I'm new to (editing) Wikipedia. I'll read through the docs before making any more changes. Cheers! LantonMills (talk) 00:59, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply] |
Hello Graywalls, I'm wondering if you would have a look at this article: George Faunce Whitcomb, I cannot figure out how this person is notable. It was created by a known COI editor who writes about his family who is asking the COI tag to be removed. I've been trying to give them the benefit of the doubt however this article seems questionable to me. You have more experience than I on COI cases, so I am hoping you find a moment to review it and look over the comments on the talk page. Thanks in advance. Netherzone (talk) 21:34, 17 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings. I recently noticed that you reverted my clean-up of the Luke Hughes (furniture designer) page by reimplementing the template messages. You had commented that it did not meet WP:WTRMT. I've studied the guidelines closely here and can see that it does meet the requirements to remove the template messages. Please can you expand as to why you do not believe that it does? I've tried to assist here by responding to a message on the article's Talk page. LAficionado (talk) 01:06, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You currently appear to be engaged in an [WP:Edit warring|edit war]] according to the reverts you have made on [[:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Nechvatal&oldid=prev&diff=1019842924&diffmode=source]. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
Points to note:
If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Vexations (talk) 18:53, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls. I noticed your reverts on Collins and Milazzo exhibitions. There were three big ones in the space of a couple days. The thing is, they are a little bit disruptive. Vexations was working on sourcing the list, albeit slowly. Vexations is a long-standing respected editor. You can't cut him some slack? If you could cut the regulars a little more slack, that would be great. I'm working on adding the sources for the shows. I would advise against reverting additions to the Collins and Milazzo exhibitions page, in the near future. Thanks. --- Possibly (talk) 02:51, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to have trouble finding sources for visual arts related articles, as with Peter Halley. I seem to be able to find sources for pretty much anything you delete. Next time you find something that is not correctly sourced, just send me a ping: "Hey Vexations, I can't find a source for this claim, can you help?" I most likely can. All the best, Vexations (talk) 21:46, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#VisualEditor_duplicating_named_citations. When you edit using the Visual Editor, it is expanding every named-ref call with the full ref definition, causing ref errors. I fixed it on Salvation Mountain, just wanted to make you aware of it. Schazjmd (talk) 23:14, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You've edited long enough to know the bold, revert, discuss cycle. Kindly revert your edit-warring reversion and open a discussion in the article's Talk page. ElKevbo (talk) 00:12, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Bi Graywalls, unfortunately your inquiry request archived here, maybe you will open it again ?
I thought Twinkle would have notified you so sorry this is coming to you a bit late. I closed your RFD nomination of HabiJax because that's not the right venue for blanking and redirecting an existing article. I instead listed the page at articles for deletion. You can find the discussion there. Thanks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:38, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at your talk page, I see that I'm not the only editor you seem to have a problem with. Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 22:09, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
User:Graywalls. I know the website I referenced. It is the website managed by an expert in industrial/organizational psychology and occupational health psychology. The expert is Paul Spector. His website is very well known to researchers in i/o psychology and OHP. It is an error to claim that the site is not reliable. The site is curated by a leading expert. Iss246 (talk) 01:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Here, did you mean to say "related to Spector"?? Sundayclose (talk) 16:00, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I saw you reverted my recent edits. I was thinking that these were additive and not removing/altering anything in the original article. Could you please help update the article with them if you see fit (I can request the update in the talk page as well)? I feel that the article is incomplete without a small brief about Forman's later life. I want to do it by the book. Please help. Sabih omar 23:33, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have email thru WP? Netherzone (talk) 03:49, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm only about half done reviewing Gary Hugh Brown and am mortified by what I've found when comparing the content to the sources. A whole lot of misrepresentation. Netherzone (talk) 00:30, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Graywalls.
Thank you for your consideration. We hope to see you around! Thanks, Hey man im josh (talk) 19:29, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply] |
My sole purpose in editing Wikipedia is to contribute positively to the platform and improve the quality of its content. I do not have any conflict of interests and have not been paid for editing, and I fully understand and respect Wikipedia's policy against such practices. I kindly request an open and constructive dialogue to address any concerns or suspicions you may have. If there are specific issues or questions about my edits, I am more than willing to discuss them and provide any necessary information to clarify my intent. Mynameisliza (talk) 21:54, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Do you think the Carmel Pine Cone meets WP:NCORP?Netherzone (talk) 03:24, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
If you have time, please examine Shayan Modarres for COI. The history doesn't seem to show anything suspicious, at least not to me, but the overall tone of the article is highly promotional and makes the subject seem more notable than they actually are and doesn't feel like it was written by neutral Wikipedia editors. Mansheimer (talk) 03:19, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have just made a formal proposal at the current foot of this topic. I am leaving this message on all this discussion's participants' talk pages to draw attention to the proposal. Your opinion, whatever it may be, is welcome at that proposal 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 07:54, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, the reason I reverted your edit is because the RFC on schools determined that public schools and colleges need to pass WP:GNG which can include local sources whereas NCORP is a higher standard that rules out local sources and other sources that may be acceptable for WP:GNG. For profit schools do come under NCORP. This was determined when NCORP was revised in a major RFC. Also the RFC on schools stated that local sources were acceptable for public schools in its closure, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 23:02, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls. I started a discussion here related to my COI contributions to the Pure Storage Wikipedia page. I was looking for someone with no history with the page to weigh in and saw that you were active on COI issues. Maybe you could take a look and weigh in? ZacBond (talk) 17:24, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hia @Graywalls. I see you reverted my CSD for Moreland_School_District redirect. I want to accept and publish to mainspace the draft at Draft:Moreland_School_District. As a page with the same name already exists in the redirect, I requested CSD so I can properly move it. That is the process for when redirects already exist and a draft is ready to be moved, so I am not sure why you thought it wasn't a correct technical reason for deletion. Maybe I have missed something in the process? Let me know! I hope you don't mind I have requested CSD again but if you still feel this isn't right feel free to revert. Qcne (talk) 07:32, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Since you recently cleaned up Opioid epidemic in the United States, there is still a problematic statement there that warrants attention. "The NEJM published its rebuttal to the 1980 letter" would be better characterized as "The NEJM reexamined the 1980 letter". "rebuttal" implies there was a problem with the letter itself, which does not appear to be the case. I see that the BBC article calls it a rebuttal, but that probably isn't MEDRS.
Also, the article about that letter, and especially its editing history, might be worth a look. Unfortunately, a good edit has been repeatedly reverted for reasons that have nothing to do with actual content. 223.205.189.152 (talk) 13:17, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Graywalls. My name is Clare and I work for GetYourGuide. I put together some proposed edits at User:Claresayasronning/getyourguidedraft I was hoping an impartial editor would review. This is to trim directory information, correct that GetYourGuide is an online marketplace (not a travel agency), and a few other things. @CorporateM: suggested you were "tough but fair" and I should see if you'd be willing to take a look at the edits.Claresayasronning (talk) 18:06, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I work for Garrett Camp. The current page is pretty bare bones and still has a promotional "Awards and Honors" section among other issues. I shared a proposed expansion a few months ago. Spintendo had some minor feedback, which I addressed. Would you be willing to take a look to see if the draft is ready for article-space? John Pinette (talk) 00:07, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, The edit you reverted appears to be a copy within Wikipedia from History of Oregon although it wasn't properly attributed. S Philbrick(Talk) 20:33, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
What I find odd about the most recent flurry of articles is that it might be yet another WP:WALLEDGARDEN. For a community with a population of just over 3,000 people, there sure are alot of articles about it, and they all link to one another. When I look at a similarly affluent and artsy/touristy small town, say Aspen, Colorado (population 7,000 - twice as large), there seem to much fewer articles about it. I've been monitoring several small-town articles in Colorado as they are prone to promotional editing by chamber of commerce and tourism companies, but I have not encounted the same type of potential walled gardens. Netherzone (talk) 22:32, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies in advance for the length of this. I started looking at some of the historical building articles, and there is a cluster of them that are actually all part of the same block in Carmel, linked up to a cluster of builders. (Some are more broadly distributed in Carmel.) I've only just started to analyze this, and need some more eyes, hence pinging Melcous {{u|Graywalls) for feedback.
What also strikes me as odd, is that many of the entries historical significance is referenced to a Calif. Dept of Parks & Recreation database that is sometimes linked in the refs to the National Park Service, or to some other type of spreadsheet like the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, this spreadsheet, or toa "Downtown Historic Survey" document. Most have been nominated/submitted for historical recognition but have not received it. These don't seem to be on the Calif. Historic Registry nor the National Registry of Historic Places. I'm not sure if these types of documents are enough to confer WP:NBUILDING.
Some examples of structures: The Tuck Box, Garden Shop Addition, Philip Wilson Building, Lemos Building,[ Blue Bird Tea Room, Mary Dummage Shop, Amelia Gates Building, Adam Fox Building, Bank of Carmel, Bernard Wetzel Building, Carmel Weavers Studio, Doud Building, Draper Leidig Building, Enchanted Oaks Building, Fee Building, Goold Building, and many, many more. Just because something has been nominated and submitted to the record, does not mean that it is designated ON a state or national record . It almost seems like a coffee table book is being gone thru and an article is being made for every page?
Some reoccurring names: Pedro J. Lemos, Ray C. De Yoe, Percy Parkes, James Franklin Devendorf, Frank Hubbard Powers, Hugh W. Comstock (not a comprehensive list for structures or people).
Also, I recently discovered a toolforge tool for mapping the number of articles to a specific place. You have to turn on location services/geolocation in your browser for it to work (I'm on Safari). I'm still getting the hang of it, but what it revealed through a couple of searches was a huge cluster in the same area of Carmel, California, and Carmel-by-the-Sea. I mentioned it before but it is really overwhelming how many articles there are for a place with a population of only about 3,000. Most much larger cities don't have such over-coverage.
I am wondering if many of these can be redirected, merged, or consolidated and which ones might be non-notable per WP:NBUILDING once the sourcing is analyzed, since it seems like some of the sources aren't even about the structure, but about associated persons or nearby structures (which seems to fit walled garden linkage). Also see List of Historic Buildings in Carmel-by-the-Sea for buildings that have simply been submitted to the Downtown Conservation District Historic Property Survey or are on the Parks & Rec database. I haven't started clean up yet, wanted to get some other opinions first. If I am wrong about this, please do let me know. Netherzone (talk) 18:52, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you were one of the biggest contributors[9]toBloomberg L.P.. I was wondering if you could take a look at Talk:Roy_Bahat. The page is about the head of the Bloomberg venture capital arm. I have a disclosed conflict of interest, as I work for Bloomberg. Angela.Martin2023 (talk) 18:07, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Please explain why you reverted https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gore-Tex&oldid=1192522139. What you wrote isn't helpful. -- Frotz(talk) 23:04, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, good catch on the Engadget revert (thanks), turns out it's actually listed in green at WP:RSP which I should've checked beforehand. If I may ask your feedback, is teslarati.com an independent reliable source for the article? Not sure what to make of that one. As of the current version, it's used for citations 25, 27, and 32. Left guide (talk) 09:49, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Graywalls,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Mary L. Hamlin for deletion, because it's a redirect from an article title to a namespace that's not for articles.
If you don't want Mary L. Hamlin to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!
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CoconutOctopus talk 21:14, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As I promised in our discussion yesterday, I have significantly expanded Smyth (restaurant) and Goosefoot (Chicago restaurant). Cullen328 (talk) 21:49, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
HiUser:Graywalls. I see the filmography section of the Titmouse, Inc. article has become quite the source of discussion. After reviewing the Wikipedia pages you suggested on the talk page about the list rules, it does look like a filmography section isn’t appropriate.
I do have a question for you about other edits I have proposed on the talk page. One of those is adding citations for some content that currently isn’t sourced. Given that my talk page content hasn’t received any response thus far, could you advise me on whether this is still worth pursuing? It seems like the page could use some sections, and I have content regarding some of Titmouse’s projects that I would like to propose that I think would improve and update the page. I would appreciate any feedback or recommendations you may have regarding future updates. I want to follow the appropriate rules and criteria. Thank you and best, JillTMouse (talk) 21:34, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
NY Times obituary is for Alexander D. Henderson, Jr. not Alexander D. Henderson (businessman) 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:11, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls. I have a disclosed conflict of interest with LastPass. Currently, there is a "Security incidents" section on the LastPass page that relies heavily on primary sources, citations that are misrepresented, and other improper cites. I put together a detailed breakdown here. Pursuant to WP:COI, I should not edit it myself. I wanted to see if you have time to review the breakdown and make any changes you feel are warranted as an impartial editor? Let me know. See Talk:LastPass#Poor_citations from November 2023. AmyMarchiando (talk) 18:25, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The sources aren't individual datapoints, they're sources that explicitly make the point that there is a consensus of economists. MrOllie (talk) 00:50, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Graywalls: You redirected the article American Legion Post No. 512 without discussion. Based on WP:MERGE, "Any editor can perform a merge. No permission or discussion is needed if you think the merge is uncontroversial; just do it (but it might get reverted). Otherwise, the merge should be first proposed and discussed, as detailed below. When performing a merge, one should remember to reconcile talk pages, and to attribute copied content, as required by Wikipedia's license. At minimum, this means adding words "Merged content to/from page" to edit summaries. See How to merge below for details." BTW, this is not really a merge because you are not merging anything, it is just a redirect.
I could have "undone" this edit, but decided to speak to you first. I understand from your comments you said "Not independently notable to merit its own article. The building isn't NRHP. Redirect per WP:BRANCH." However, you did not discuss this with me first. According to the guidelines, the article needs "substantially discussed by reliable independent sources that extend beyond the chapter's local area." The article has 10 sources, at least two by secondary sources. This should be enough to establish notability. By redirecting to American Legion you loose any mention of the American Legion Post No. 512. Perhaps you just don't care, but it means a lot to me and I am sure people from the Monterey County, California. Please reconsider not redirecting this article. Greg Henderson (talk) 16:33, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As you're the expert, I thought I'd give you a heads up on possible COI editing patterns at Jay Penske. I toned a little bit down in his early life, but there's a lot of other primary source material to sort through that I will have to get to later. I wanted to get your thoughts before doing any additional edits, because some of this material looks to be pretty difficult to find through normal search engines, stuff that friends and relatives would know about, such as the early life primary sources from his prep school days. Mansheimer (talk) 19:01, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On what basis exactly are you suggesting that Btphelps was conducting UPE? RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 13:22, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Graywalls. I disclosed a conflict of interest here and requested stubbing a page (draft here) that has been plagued by improper COI editing from my predecessors. Another person at my firm already made a similar request and did not get a response. User CorporateM said you were recommended by an editor he trusts, Drmies, and that you seemed to be potentially responsive to such requests. I was hoping you might be willing to take a look. Bakerlr (talk) 19:39, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Speaking of which, North has a COI with the Boy Scouts. Drmies (talk) 01:59, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting, no? [10], [11] Netherzone (talk) 23:21, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Graywalls, you asked what to do if there's no response to the email--I don't know what to say, sorry. I'm not on that list, and I don't really know where those emails go. I didn't see anything on the Functionaries list. What I can say is that lengthy reports are less likely to get picked up soon than concise reports, but that's little help for now. Give it a few days, and maybe drop Arbcom a line next week. Drmies (talk) 17:24, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. --evrik (talk) 03:49, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, for free tekno I have been working in the sector for 6 years. The article is old and contains errors.
We cannot always give sources, a source is not always linked to something provable.
When I tell you that you put a store as an active store when it no longer exists, just go to google.
There is not a newspaper that says: This store is closed. On the other hand, I know it.
Then you want sources on labels? Just type Protokseed, teksa omny lab, electrobooking and you won't see it yourself.
It is forbidden to advertise on Wikipedia so just put a link to a site, what do you want?
If I tell you that undergroundtekno is the biggest tekno store it's not written everywhere, but when we work in the sector this information is known, they release almost all the artists in our scene.
Electrobooking and no hour sign the biggest artists on the tekno scene, just go to their sites.
We cannot always provide sources so please restore the page.
In the article all the information is correct, some no longer exists and is incorrect.
The goal of Wikipedia is to inform and understand our scene.
Currently refusing the changes, you are misinforming people and this is serious because you are misleading people.
We must let specialists like us enrich the page. Bandjo83 (talk) 00:21, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is an ANI report about you that no one informed you about. Thought you should know. Canterbury Tail talk 15:31, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wanted to check-in on Talk:Joanna_Shields,_Baroness_Shields#Suggested_Stubbing. I disclosed a COI and proposed a stub to replace the promotional page as a better starting point for future improvements. AfC was suggested, but I don't think I can use AfC that way? Since the page already exists and AfC is for creating new pages. Let me know what you think RE next steps for addressing the page's issues and the best way for me to help. Pinging @Drmies: as well. Bakerlr (talk) 17:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The entire article probably just needs to go. Drmies (talk) 17:18, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I do not receive payments for my edits, please. I'm here only to contribute to Wikipedia; Thank You! And God Bless You!!!. But, what really brought this topic? I thought wiki is free? Why bring up payment? Graywalls. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2RDD (talk • contribs) 12:26, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Graywalls: I noticed you added the tag COIonPlutomania Records. May I know the main reason you added the tag. Because the subject is not in anyway related to me; for me it's a neutral point of view. Pls know what to do about it. The owner of the label Shallipopi, or the label management itself is not connected to me in anyway. Pls, reconsider. Thank You! 2RDD (talk) 14:11, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. In September 2023, you nominated Building Owners and Managers Association for deletion in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Building Owners and Managers Association. I agree - that article had accumulated a bunch of fluff and was fairly advertorial when it was deleted.
I've restored the article and performed some significant surgery on it. It's currently in my user space: User:Toddst1/Building Owners and Managers Association.
I'd like to get your opinion on its current state as I have a declared WP:COI (see talk). I'm not in any way paid for my activity - just the opposite - I'm one of thousands of professionals who are members of the organization who pay them dues.
Thanks! Toddst1 (talk) 07:50, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just wondering why you removed the Medium reference from the Arc'teryx page? If this is just based on your own personal editorial discretion can you provide some clarity on why you made this choice? 2604:3D08:6F81:8300:10CB:5F5A:287:595F (talk) 23:08, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I just appreciate the traffic it drives to the Medium articlethat's one of the reasons why low quality sources are not allowed, and even if good quality, promotional editing wouldn't be permitted. For example, we have a problem if a magazine was going around specifically adding their own articles into numerous articles for visibility purposes. Anti-Defamation League got caught doing just that some time ago. The Medium article in question is not getting restored into the article absent community consensus saying otherwise. Graywalls (talk) 04:32, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you've started your attacks on the Scouting articles again. This is your edit warring notice. --evrik (talk) 02:44, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How can it be that he is a Pending Changes Reviewer when he can't even properly review his own work? And and requesting AfC Reviewer rights shows that he still does not understand the problems with his own work. It's bizarre and seems like trying to game the system...again, but in a new way, finding a loophole. A penny for your thoughts. Netherzone (talk) 19:57, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's unfair to label the source you removed on Simone Badal-McCreath as gossip: unanimous consensus is that Retraction Watch is a reliable source (Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 197 - Wikipedia). It is only reasonable that discussion of an academic's alleged plagiarism from a reliable source on this matter is included in their article.
Moreover, I really do not appreciate your accusations of edit warring. Blanking by folks with a clear conflict of interest, including the article's subject, clearly constitutes vandalism: reversion is therefore an exemption to edit warring policy. SummerPocket (talk) 00:50, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]